Mariann Mayberry (May 25, 1965 – August 1, 2017) was an American television and stage actress.

Biography

In 1993, Mayberry became an ensemble member of the

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. While at Steppenwolf, she was nominated for a

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for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for ''Time of My Life'', and again for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for ''Hysteria'', directed by

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. In 2006, Mayberry married fellow actor Scott Jaeck, with whom she shared the stage in the Broadway run of

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- and

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-winning play '' August: Osage County''.

Later years and death

In early 2013, Mayberry was diagnosed with

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. In August 2015, after a run of ''Grand Concourse'', Mayberry retired from the stage. On August 1, 2017, aged 52, Mayberry died of

at her sister (Melissa Hollander)'s home in

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. At the time, Mayberry lived in New York with her husband of 11 years, actor Scott Jaeck. The Steppenwolf Theatre cancelled that night's show as a gesture of respect.

Filmography

* ''Under the Influence'' (1994) * ''Tangled'' (1997) as JC * ''Since You've Been Gone'' (1998) (TV) as Chelsea Trotman * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Candy Forrester (1 episode, 2002) * ''The Pennsylvania Miners' Story'' (2002) (TV) as Cathy Hileman * ''The Company'' (2003) as stepmother * ''Life Sentence'' (2004) as Maddie * '' War of the Worlds'' (2005) as mother * ''Kubuku Rides (This Is It)'' (2006) as bar maid * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' (2006) as Monica Corbett * ''Delocated'' as therapist (1 episode, 2009) * ''Handsome Harry'' (2009) as Judy Rheems * ''Dogman'' (2012) as wife * ''Dogman 2'' (2013) as wife * ''

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'' (2015) in the episode 'Sins of the Father' (Season 5 - Episode 10) as Janice Phillips, the mother

Theatre

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

* ''The Geography of Luck'' (1989) * ''Wrong Turn at Lungfish'' (1990) * ''Ghost in the Machine'' (1993) * ''Time of My Life'' (1995) * ''As I Lay Dying'' (1995) * ''Slavs!'' (1995) * ''Everyman (A Moral Play)'' (1995) * ''The Libertine'' (1996) * ''Time to Burn'' (1997) * ''Space'' (1997) * ''A Fair Country'' (1998) * ''The Berlin Circle'' (1998) * ''Hysteria'' (1999) * ''

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest may refer to: * ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (novel), a 1962 novel by Ken Kesey * ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (play), a 1963 stage adaptation of the novel starring Kirk Douglas * ''One Flew Over the ...

'' (2000) * ''Cross-Town Traffic'' (2000) * ''David Copperfield'' (2001) * ''Wendall Greene'' (2002) * ''The Pain and the Itch'' (2005) * ''Last of the Boys'' (2005) * ''Love Song'' (2006) * ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (2007) * ''August: Osage County'' (2007) * ''Good People'' (2012) * '' The MArch'' (2012).... Mattie * '' Grand Concourse'' (2015)

Other

* ''The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci'', Goodman Theatre * ''The Odyssey'', Goodman Theatre * ''Mirror of the Invisible World'', Goodman Theatre * '' How I Learned to Drive'', Northlight Theater and Alliance Theatre * ''Metamorphoses'', Lookingglass Theatre * ''Argonautika'', Lookingglass Theatre * ''

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'', Lookingglass Theatre * ''

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'', Virginia Stage Company * ''The Time of Your Life'', Seattle and San Francisco Theatres

References

External links

Mariann Mayberry profile
steppenwolf.org; accessed October 14, 2017. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayberry, Mariann 1965 births 2017 deaths Actresses from Missouri American stage actresses American television actresses People from Springfield, Missouri Steppenwolf Theatre Company players Deaths from ovarian cancer in the United States Deaths from cancer in Connecticut 21st-century American women